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8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 52 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from I.A. Durbin, Inc. v. Jefferson National Bank.

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1 I.A. Durbin, Inc. v. Jefferson National Bank Anchor
ca11 · 1986
green “trial courts are afforded broad discretion in determining whether to stay or dismiss litigation in order to avoid duplicating a proceeding already pending in another federal court.” 16
2 Construction Aggregates, Ltd. v. Forest Commodities Corporation
ca11 · 1998
green “a claim arises out of the same transaction or occurrence if there is a 'logical relationship' between the claims.” 11
3 Fred Dalton Brooks v. Warden
ca11 · 2015
green “places substantial restrictions on the judicial relief that prisoners can seek . . . .” 8
4 Lisa Y.S. West v. Deputy Terry Davis
ca11 · 2014
green “when a specific provision of the constitution is allegedly infringed, a court must decide the claim in accordance with the terms of that provision rather than under the more general rubric of substantive due process.” 5
5 Bobby Hardwick v. R. Brinson, Chief Mail Clerk, Georgia State Prison, and Joseph S. Hopper, Warden
ca5 · 1975
green “plaintiff is entitled to have his claim considered but by only one of the courts he had selected” 3
6 Mckinnon v. Talladega County
ca11 · 1984
green “all defendants at gcd, gdcp, and g.s.p. have denied plaintiff jumu'ah and ta'lim islamic service every week since he entered gdc custody from 10/3/12 to date, and are continuing to deny him such service.” 3
7 James Wright v. Lanson Newsome, Warden
ca11 · 1986
green “post-deprivation remedies do not satisfy the due process requirement where the deprivation of property is effected pursuant to established state procedure, rather than through random, unauthorized action.” 3
8 James Wright v. Lanson Newsome, Warden
ca11 · 1986
green “sufficiently charged that the taking was the result of established state procedure” 3

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